--- title: Centuries ago a convent stood near, and a monk belonging to it, long… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: Centuries ago a convent stood near, and a monk belonging to it, longing to possess some of the treasures of the underworld, was once bold enough, as the bells rang midnight, to climb to the spot where the fairy dwelt. Who acts: convent, monk, bells, fairy. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (convent, monk, bells, fairy), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg74323:10:125 # text = Centuries ago a convent stood near, and a monk belonging to it, longing to possess some of the treasures of the underworld, was once bold enough, as the bells rang midnight, to climb to the spot where the fairy dwelt. 1 Centuries century NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl:unmarked _ _ 2 ago ago ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 convent convent NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 near near ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 monk monk NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 11 belonging belong VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 10 acl _ _ 12 to to ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 15 longing long VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 11 conj _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 17 possess possess VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 xcomp _ _ 18 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 17 obj _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 treasures treasure NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 nmod _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 underworld underworld NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 26 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 cop _ _ 27 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 28 advmod _ _ 28 bold bold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 parataxis _ _ 29 enough enough ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 31 as as SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 bells bell NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 nsubj _ _ 34 rang ring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 35 midnight midnight NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 climb climb VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 conj _ _ 39 to to ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 spot spot NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 42 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 45 advmod _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 fairy fairy NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nsubj _ _ 45 dwelt dwell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stand** | past | a convent | | | | | ago, near *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **belong** | gerund | a monk *not said here* | | convent | | | | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **long** | gerund | a monk *not said here* | | | | | | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 4 | **possess** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | a monk *not said here* | some of the treasures of the underworld | | | | | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot some=Theme | | 5 | **is** | past | a monk | | | | | bold, enough, once *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **ring** | past | the bells | | | | midnight | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **climb** | to-infinitive | the bells *not said here* | | | the spot | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to spot=Destination | | 8 | **dwell** | past | the fairy | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **treasure** | | | the underworld | | | | | nom treasure «possession transitive»: of=patient | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. **Text:** «Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains» by Toofie Lauder, Project Gutenberg book 74323 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order. - ← previous: [sentence 123](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/10/123/) - next →: [Legends and Tales., part 10, 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/11/1/) - ↑ back to [Legends and Tales., part 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/10/)